Joonas Kemppainen

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Joonas Kemppainen

| image = Joonas Kemppainen - Boston Bruins.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Kemppainen in September 2015

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|4|7}}

| birth_place = Kajaani, Finland

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 220

| position = Forward

| shoots = Left

| played_for = Ässät
HPK
Boston Bruins
Sibir Novosibirsk
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
SKA Saint Petersburg
Oulun Kärpät

| draft = Undrafted

| ntl_team = FIN

| career_start = 2006

| career_end = 2025

}}

Joonas Kemppainen (born 7 April 1988) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and most recently played for Oulun Kärpät in the Liiga.

Playing career

File:Kemppainen Joonas HPK 2009 1.jpgUndrafted, Kemppainen played nine seasons in the Finnish Liiga with Ässät, HPK and Oulun Kärpät.{{cite web| url = http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/csl.php?tid=2589 | title = 2010-11 Scoring for Karpat (Liiga) | publisher = hockeydb.com | date = 2011-05-01 | accessdate = 2011-05-01}} After his second consecutive season of 30 plus points with Kärpät in the 2014–15 season, on 21 May 2015, Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney announced that the club had signed Kemppainen to a one-year, two-way NHL contract for the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web|url = http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=768508|title = Bruins sign Joonas Kemppainen to a one-year, two-way contract|date = 21 May 2015|accessdate = 21 May 2015|publisher = Boston Bruins }}

He picked up his first NHL assist and scored his first NHL goal on 23 October 2015, against Jaroslav Halák of the New York Islanders in a 5-3 Bruins victory.

Less than a year after coming to the United States, Kemppainen signed a deal with KHL hockey club Sibir Novosibirsk on 14 May 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://hcsibir.ru/ru/news/4071|title= Kemppainen signs contract with Novosibirsk |website= HC Sibir Novosibirsk | date = 2016-05-16 |access-date=2016-05-16 | language = Russian}}

Following two productive seasons with Salavat Yulaev Ufa, including reaching the Eastern Conference Finals in the 2018–19 season, posting 14 points in 17 games, Kemppaninen secured a lucrative one-year contract with SKA Saint Petersburg on 1 May 2019.{{Cite web| url = https://www.ska.ru/news/view/ioonas-kiemppainien-v-ska/ | title = Joonas Kemppaninen in the SKA! | publisher = SKA Saint Petersburg | date = 1 May 2019 | accessdate = 1 May 2019 | language = Russian}}

Kemppainen played three seasons with SKA Saint Petersburg before leaving following the 2021–22 campaign to return to his native Finland on a one-year contract with former club, Kärpät of the Liiga, on 27 April 2022.{{cite web| url = https://karpat.fi/joonas-kemppainen-palaa-karppiin/ | title = Joonas Kemppainen returns to Karpat | publisher = Oulun Kärpät | language = Finnish | date = 27 April 2022 | accessdate = 27 April 2022}}

After recording 37 points in 67 Liiga regular-season and playoff games in 2023-24, Kemppainen sat out most of the 2024-25 season before finally announcing his retirement at age 36 on 20 February 2025.{{cite web| url = https://thehockeynews.com/international/ex-bruin-finnish-olympian-retires-1/ | title = Ex-Bruin, Finnish Olympian Retires | publisher = The Hockey News | date = 20 February 2025 | accessdate = 20 February 2025}}

International play

Kemppainen competed in the 2015 IIHF World Championships, finishing third on Team Finland in scoring in his debut senior tournament.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2004–05

| Ässät

| FIN U18

| 10

| 4

| 0

| 4

| 18

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

| Ässät

| FIN U20

| 33

| 5

| 7

| 12

| —

2005–06

| Ässät

| FIN U18

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 8

| 3

| 9

| 12

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Ässät

| FIN U20

| 37

| 9

| 16

| 25

| 12

| —

2006–07

| Ässät

| FIN U20

| 27

| 7

| 17

| 24

| 8

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Ässät

| SM-l

| 43

| 1

| 3

| 4

| —

2007–08

| Ässät

| FIN U20

| 18

| 2

| 11

| 13

| 6

| 12

| 3

| 4

| 7

| 4

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| 2007–08

| Ässät

| SM-l

| 22

| 1

| 2

| 0

| —

2007–08

| Jukurit

| Mestis

| 8

| 1

| 5

| 6

| 2

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| HPK

| SM-l

| 54

| 7

| 15

| 22

| 20

| 6

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

2009–10

| HPK

| SM-l

| 55

| 7

| 19

| 26

| 12

| 17

| 0

| 1

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 60

| 2

| 5

| 7

| 10

| 3

| 1

| 2

| 0

2011–12

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 60

| 9

| 14

| 23

| 43

| 1

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Kärpät

| SM-l

| 60

| 7

| 6

| 13

| 14

| 3

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

2013–14

| Kärpät

| Liiga

| 51

| 17

| 14

| 31

| 6

| 16

| 0

| 4

| 12

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| 2014–15

| Kärpät

| Liiga

| 59

| 11

| 21

| 32

| 18

| 19

| 10

| 14

| 24

| 2

2015–16

| Boston Bruins

| NHL

| 44

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 4

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Providence Bruins

| AHL

| 11

| 1

| 4

| 5

| 2

| —

2016–17

| Sibir Novosibirsk

| KHL

| 60

| 11

| 12

| 23

| 22

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| KHL

| 55

| 16

| 21

| 37

| 12

| 14

| 4

| 5

| 9

| 4

2018–19

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| KHL

| 59

| 17

| 16

| 33

| 41

| 17

| 10

| 4

| 14

| 12

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| 2019–20

| SKA Saint Petersburg

| KHL

| 56

| 6

| 7

| 13

| 8

| 4

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 2

2020–21

| SKA Saint Petersburg

| KHL

| 54

| 15

| 14

| 29

| 10

| 16

| 3

| 6

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2021–22

| SKA Saint Petersburg

| KHL

| 40

| 13

| 14

| 27

| 47

| 4

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

2022–23

| Kärpät

| Liiga

| 58

| 14

| 18

| 32

| 12

| 3

| 1

| 2

| 0

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! colspan="3" | Liiga totals

! 522

! 76

! 116

! 192

! 139

! 68

! 14

! 21

! 35

! 16

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 44

! 2

! 3

! 5

! 4

! —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | KHL totals

! 324

! 78

! 84

! 162

! 140

! 55

! 20

! 13

! 33

! 22

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2005

| Finland

| U18

| 7th

| 6

| 0

| 2

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| 2006

| Finland

| U18

| {{silver2}}

| 6

| 1

| 2

2008

| Finland

| WJC

| 6th

| 6

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015

| Finland

| WC

| 6th

| 8

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 0

2017

| Finland

| WC

| 4th

| 10

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018

| Finland

| OG

| 6th

| 5

| 2

| 4

| 2

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! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 18

! 3

! 2

! 5

! 8

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" | Senior totals

! 23

! 7

! 9

! 16

! 4

References

External links

{{icehockeystats}}

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Category:Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia

Category:Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

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Category:HPK players

Category:Mikkelin Jukurit players

Category:Oulun Kärpät players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Finland

Category:Sportspeople from Kajaani

Category:Ice hockey people from Kainuu

Category:Providence Bruins players

Category:Salavat Yulaev Ufa players

Category:HC Sibir Novosibirsk players

Category:SKA Saint Petersburg players

Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players

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